Ayam taliwang

Two worlds are divided by the ribbon of water that separates Bali and Lombok. A pair of perfect volcanic cones, their peaks shrouded in cloud, stand like giant sentinels guarding the narrow Lombok Strait between the two islands. To the west lie the Asian lands of elephants, tigers and orangutans, to the east the Australasian lands of marsupials, cockatoos and komodo dragons. On the short boat ride across you pass over the Wallace Line that demarcates these two ecosystems. When English natur